TIMETABLE OPTIMIZATION FOR RAPID TRANSIT RAILWAYS: A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMICAL OPERATION

For twenty years the Hamburger Hochbahn has been occupied with the problem of optimizing the operating costs of rapid transit railways. A concept was produced which takes into consideration all the factors which have an influence on the operating costs. This is described in the article, which also shows how the optimization of the timetables of existing rapid transit railways can be achieved.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Mies, A
• Publication Date: 1983-7

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 7-8
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Headways; Operating costs; Operations; Optimization; Planning; Rapid transit; Scheduling
• Geographic Terms: Hamburg (Germany)
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380223
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM